पञ्चाङ्ग — Ṛṣikeśa · August 24, 1940 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
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🪷 आज: बलराम जयन्ती — Balarāma Jayantī (Hala-Ṣaṣṭhī)
Birth of Bala-deva, Krishna's elder brother and Saṅkarṣaṇa.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 16.4 · Chapter 16 · दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · Daivāsura-Sampad-Vibhāga-Yoga
दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोधः पारुष्यमेव च।अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम्।।16.4।।
"16.4 Hypocrisy, pride, insolence, cruelty, ignorance belong to him who is born of the godless qualities." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 16.4's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1997 Vijaya
Śaka Saṁvat: 1862 Vikrama
Bengali Saṁvat: 1347
Malayalam Era: 1116
Nanakshahi: 471
Solar Month: Siṃha (Āvaṇi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī (21/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Bharaṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)Vaṇija
वार (Vāra)Śanivāra (Saturday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya127.69°SiṃhaMaghā P3
चन्द्र Candra14.20°MeṣaBharaṇī P1
मङ्गल Maṅgala130.61°SiṃhaMaghā P4
बुध Budha117.23°KarkaAśleṣā P4
गुरु Bṛhaspati23.09°MeṣaBharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra83.22°MithunaPunarvasu P1
शनि Śani22.16°MeṣaBharaṇī P3

☀️ Ṛṣikeśa — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)05:49 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:49 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:19 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)22:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)11:21 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)13 Hours 00 Mins 42 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)10 Hours 59 Mins 18 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:04 – 04:57
Prātaḥ Sandhyā04:44 – 05:49
Abhijit Muhūrta11:53 – 12:45
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:21
Godhūli Muhūrta18:37 – 19:01
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:49 – 19:22
Amṛta Kāla18:34 – 20:19
Niśīta Muhūrta23:53 – 00:45

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla09:04 – 10:41
Yamaganda13:57 – 15:34
Gulika Kāla05:49 – 07:26
Varjyam06:21 – 06:42
Dur Muhūrta 08:51 – 09:17

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): East (Pūrva)
Candra Vāsa: East
Rāhu Vāsa: East
Ānandādi Yoga: Cara (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Drik Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Mithuna · Kanyā · Tulā · Makara · Kumbha

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Kāla05:49 – 07:26 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Śubha07:26 – 09:04 (auspicious)
Day-3 Roga09:04 – 10:41 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Udveg10:41 – 12:19 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Chala12:19 – 13:57 (neutral)
Day-6 Labha13:57 – 15:34 (auspicious)
Day-7 Amṛta15:34 – 17:12 (auspicious)
Day-8 Kāla17:12 – 18:49 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Labha18:49 – 20:12 (auspicious)
Night-2 Amṛta20:12 – 21:34 (auspicious)
Night-3 Kāla21:34 – 22:57 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Śubha22:57 – 00:19 (auspicious)
Night-5 Roga00:19 – 01:41 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Udveg01:41 – 03:04 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Chala03:04 – 04:26 (neutral)
Night-8 Labha04:26 – 05:49 (auspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: 30.0869°
Longitude: 78.2676°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

7 steps · graha walk
Śanivāra (Saturday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Tapas + endurance + BG 17.14-19.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5042 · Kali-5042
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1841400.27 · 5041.6 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2429865.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)23.0239° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)250.44° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 21/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (23.0239°) · declination 11.22° · EoT -1.99 min · verified ±1 min vs DrikpanchangLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1940-08-24 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)